I tapped away, excitedly setting my story in print. Another sip of wine, the prose flourished. Tap, tap, tap another slug. My creative wires connected, sparking. I opened a bottle. My masterpiece! I knocked back another glass. No writer’s block here, I typed feverishly. Ideas kept coming, so did the Rioja. Words flew into the perfect piece. Leaning back in my worn leather chair, I re-read the text. Excellent, superb, exceptional there are insufficient superlatives to describe my talent!
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Pounding head in hands, light paining my bloodshot eyes, misery and despair my new companions. What a pile of …!
Word Count: 100
Written for Friday Fictioneers – a 100 words story based on a photo prompt. Hosted by Rochelle. Read the other entries here.
Clare Hempstead 
It’s always better with a bottle or two of wine. Welcome back, Clare
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Thanks, Neil. Yes, everything seems so much better with wine!
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Oh boy have I been there. The proof is in the tenacity and the revision. Keep at it. And leave off the wine 😉
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Ha, ha! I often get ideas during the night and think they are wonderful, but when morning comes, I have completely forgotten them!
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Your story made me smile – “My Masterpiece!” – those famous words of self appreciation.
Oh Clare, please don’t despair or wallow in a pit of self-misery.
It is clear to me you have reached into the literary world of the great writers like
Dorothy Parker, Jack Kerouac, William Faulkner, Charles Bukowski and Ernest Hemingway. (there are many more). Patricia Highsmith, (The Talented Mr Ripley), wrote with a looming sense of anxiety and doom and believed that drink was essential for the artist.
So, Clare you are in bad company; don’t put yourself down – just the bottle.
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Thanks for your comment and concern. I assure you it was just a piece of fiction!
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I know. Take care.
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Whether we drink or not, the cold light of day is often a brutal critic
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Absolutely! Where would we be without it though? 🙂
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Dear Clare,
This made me laugh out loud. I saw it coming with all the wine…;) Well done and good to see you back.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks, Rochelle. I’m glad it made you smile.
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Well, so long as the readers have had a few wines before they sit down with the book, it should be fine! 🙂 Nice to see you back Clare 🙂
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Thanks, Iain. That’s a great marketing strategy – buy my book and get a bottle of wine free!
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I do that without the alcohol.
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Ha, ha – me too!
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Revise!! All that wine many have inspired you more than you realize 🙂
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When I was studying, I revised my work so many times. Each time I looked at it, I found another flaw!
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Aha, a perfectionist, born and bred 🙂
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Sometimes the reverse happens, which keeps the writing bug alive 🙂 Good story.
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Thank you very much.
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You are very welcome.
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I have soooo been there! Made me smile.
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Thanks, Sandra. I’m glad we can still smile in these strange times!
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Are you suggesting this gloss of wone is flicting my blility ta tipe?
Here’s mine!
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Excellent comment – bravo!
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So glad to find you here and with a great story to boot.
Funny how prolific and marvellous we become under the influence… 😉
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Thanks, Dale. Wine makes everything better!😂
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That it does!
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Ha, fun! Good job she didn’t immediately email it to a publisher 🙂
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Yes, isn’t it?!
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Legends come and go, but being able to write, that is special
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Thank you very much.
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This made me laugh as I’ve often done this kind of thing, getting up in the night to make notes and preserve gems of lines, only to see how awful they are in the cold light of day. Great take on the prompt.
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Thank you very much.
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Oh, the ups and downs of the wino writer.
hic-cup.
Randy
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Ha, ha! Thanks very much.
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You forgot the triple chocolate cream layered cake! but alas it takes only one hand to type and the other fuels the brain. How else would one’s inner voice emerge? Well penned.
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How could I have possibly forgotten the triple chocolate cream layered cake?! 🙂 Thanks for reading and commenting.
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Ha! Ha! Nice one. Everyone turns into a genius after a few bottles and then it’s time for a whine.
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I’ve had ideas in the middle of the night, written them down, and looked at them in the morning thinking, “What was I thinking? It’s rubbish.” The same goes for a short story or two. But, in the end I’ve been pleased with a few. Your story resonated with me. Nicely done! =)
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Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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Ha… but I am glad that there are books that were never reviewed under hangover influence.
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